Marathon → Athens

42 km · 5 postcards

The original. Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium along the coast road and over the Pentelic foothills.

The road as your marker sees it. Dots below mark the postcards.

Along the way

km 0
Marathon
Where the 490 BC battle was fought and the run began. The tumulus of the Athenian dead still stands by the road.
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 8
Nea Makri
Seaside town on the Marathon bay. The classic course hugs the coast here before turning inland.
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 16
Rafina turn
The road leaves the sea and begins the long climb through the Pentelic foothills.
Photo: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
km 28
Pallini
The high point of the course. From here it is downhill into the city.
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
km 42
Panathenaic Stadium
The marble stadium of the 1896 Games. The finish.
Photo: Julien-David Le Roy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Free. Log your steps once a day with a screenshot; everyone's marker moves down Athens road.